Meghan Markle went through her entire life knowing that she was a mixed-race individual but the impact it would have on her romantic relationship would later be straining.
Exploiting the privacy of Meghan Markle
Since Britain is a white-dominated region, the British media found one way to exploit this for the purpose of clickbait. That is, through creating sensational headlines along the lines of a threat to the British monarchy.
In the docuseries, Meghan recalls going to a flower shop. The public figure relays that upon exiting the store, she saw at least ten paparazzi snapping pictures of her walking out. She added that they interacted with her asking how she was doing and she remembers telling them “stay warm guys”.
However, things took a turn when these images were eventually published on the internet. While coming into contact with her husband, the mother of two shared that he advised her not to talk to the paparazzi.
Harry further added that the media took these pictures and took a spin on the headlines. By saying that his then-girlfriend enjoyed the attention of the paparazzi. As the former actress was pictured smiling in the photos taken.
Unpacking racist experiences
Back then, there were also talks about having the white bloodline running in the family. Evidently, Meghan was of mixed race and the paparazzi would exploit this notion and invade the activist’s space with horrific headlines.
From then onward, Meghan Markle describes her life as being “insular.” After the paparazzi became aware of her relationship with Prince Harry. The former actress also opened up about her neighbors being paid to put cameras in their backyard. In order to get a sight of the Duchess in her backyard.
Meghan’s mother was asked if she would’ve had the race conversation with her daughter, and she said that she would indeed have had the conversation with her daughter for her to be aware of the issues of race.
The mother of two also recalls a time when her mother was on the receiving end of racial slurs. While driving to a destination. Meghan relayed that her mother was called the n-word and proceeded to clinch her steering wheel tightly to the point where you could see her knuckles turn white.
Overall, Meghan has never had to deal with racism considering the fact that she was fair-skinned. However, the British media could not ignore this fact and continued to monetize on this fact.